205 Road Trip Questions for Couples (Kill Boredom!)
Is your road trip starting to feel LONG and you want to make it more enjoyable? These road trip questions for couples might just save your life.
That might be a bit dramatic but, depending on how long you’ve been driving, you might be at that point where you want to kill each other…So, maybe it’s not?
Caleb and I change states every 3-4 months for his job, which means we are on the road all the freaking time. We’ve driven around Europe and even taken road trips in Turkey. We’ve had to kill a lottttt of time on the road, so we have fun questions for couples and specifically, questions for a CAR ride on LOCK.
Whether you’re newly in a relationship or it seems like you are basically the same person at this point, you’re guaranteed to learn something new about each other with our list of road trip conversation starters!
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Let’s stop wasting time (I mean, your life may literally depend on it) and get to our list of more than 200 questions for couples.
Before You Start: Set the Right Ambience
I know, I know. You’re like “ambience? We’re driving around in a freaking car!”
Hear me out. I’m not talking about trying to light some candles and scatter rose petals everywhere – flames and cars are not a match made in heaven like you two.
Setting a little mood though? That can make your road trip a lot more enjoyable in general whether it’s a short trip from Raleigh to Asheville or an epic journey across Europe! I have created a custom Spotify road trip playlist for you to help get you in the right mood. It has a good mix of country hits, oldies, 2000’s pop, and some romantic power ballads to keep you entertained!
I also recommend setting some ground rules before starting with the questions. Agree that it’s okay to skip a question if it feels too sensitive or that you’ll approach each topic with an open mind.
205 Road Trip Questions For Couples
Deep Road Trip Questions
Whether you’re on a long, multi-day adventure or just a short trip like 48 hours in Charlotte, these questions should spark some deep and meaningful conversation to help you deepen your emotional bond!
The Questions
- What is a fear you have?
- What is the focus of your life right now?
- What makes you feel alive?
- What are three things that you value in life?
- Where did you think you would be at this age 10 years ago?
- If you were to do life over again what would you do differently?
- What are some positive changes about you in the past 5 years?
- What are 3 things you’re grateful for right now?
- Do you trust me?
- Was there a moment in your life that made you see the world/life differently?
- What’s a place you’ve never been to but have always felt a connection with?
- How would you describe your relationship with your family?
- What do you love the most about yourself?
- What’s an achievement you’re most proud of?
- What do you wish you could spend more of your time doing?
Foodie Questions
We love food, you love food, everyone loves food! These questions to ask on a road trip are all about everyone’s favorite topic!
The Questions
- What is the best meal you’ve ever had?
- What is the best cocktail you’ve ever had?
- What is the weirdest food you have ever tried?
- What is the best meal you’ve ever had while traveling together?
- What is a food that brings you back to your childhood?
- If you could only choose one food to eat forever what would it be?
- What is your favorite meal of the day?
- What is a food you absolutely can’t stand?
- Calories aside, what food could you eat every day for the rest of your life?
- What is your favorite road trip snack?
- What is the best breakfast smell?
- Is pineapple on pizza an abomination or delicious?
- Do you like your pizza with a thin crust or a thick crust?
- If your partner bought you food as a gift what would you want it to be?
- What is the most overrated food or dish?
- What is the most underrated food or dish?
- Would you ever go vegan?
- What is one thing you would love to know how to cook?
- What is your most missed food from home when you are traveling?
- How do you like your coffee?
- Do you like having your own meal or sharing meals/food when we go out to eat?
Relationship Road Trip Questions For Couples
These questions are a lighter version of the deep questions from above that are specifically about your relationship together!
The Questions
- What do you like most about your partner?
- What’s a travel tradition you’d like us to start?
- Have you learned any lessons from past relationships?
- What makes you feel loved?
- What is your love language?
- Have you ever had a dream about me?
- What’s a perfect date night?
- What is your favorite activity to do together?
- What did you think of me when we first met?
- What’s your favorite memory of us together?
- How have we grown as a couple?
- What’s the most romantic thing we’ve ever done together?
- What characteristic about your spouse bugs you the most?
- What turns you on the most?
- What turns you off the most?
- How would you describe your partner in one sentence?
Travel and Wanderlust Questions
We love traveling (duh!) So use these questions to get to know more about each other’s travel style, preferences, and dream destinations!
The Questions
- If you could live anywhere else where would you?
- What is your dream travel location?
- What is your favorite country that you’ve visited?
- What is your favorite city that you have visited?
- If you could speak another language what would it be?
- What’s the longest plane ride you’ve ever been on?
- What is the longest plane ride you would take?
- What is your craziest travel story?
- Do you like to travel budget or luxury?
- What’s worth spending and what’s worth saving on when you travel?
- Do you like to take it slow or see as much as possible when traveling?
- Do you like a schedule when you travel or just free-flowing?
- What is the most important thing to you when you travel (food experiences art history etc.?)
- What is your favorite travel quote?
- What do you like the most about traveling?
- What do you like the least about traveling?
Would You Rather Questions
Oh man, these are always such fun questions for road trips! You will find a mix of silly questions and ones that will actually make you think!
The Questions
- Would you rather chug a gallon of milk or eat 1 Tbsp of plain cinnamon?
- Would you rather have 4 legs or 4 arms?
- Would you rather have no internet or no cell phone?
- Would you rather be able to fly or be invisible?
- Would you rather be chased by 10 duck-sized hippos or one hippo-sized duck?
- Would you rather be a billionaire with no friends or be middle-class with lots of friends?
- Would you rather always have to be running or always have to be sitting?
- Would you rather live in the Amazon jungle or live on the moon?
- Would you rather only eat meat or never eat meat?
- Would you rather be handed everything or have to work for it?
- Would you rather listen to country or rap for the rest of your life?
- Would you rather be an Olympic gold medalist or win the Nobel Peace Prize?
- Would you rather live in constant Winter or Summer?
- Would you rather be blind or deaf?
- Would you rather live in a neighborhood or out in the countryside?
- Would you rather be able to read someone’s mind or teleport anywhere on the planet at will?
- Would you rather never have to sleep or never have to eat again?
- Would you rather always be 20 minutes early or 10 minutes late?
- Would you rather take a road trip through a never-ending desert or a dense, mysterious forest?
- Would you rather have unlimited snacks for our trip or an endless playlist of your favorite songs?
- Would you rather travel back in time to meet your ancestors or forward to meet your descendants?
- Would you rather have a road trip with no destination in mind or a meticulously planned route?
- Would you rather camp under the stars every night of our trip or stay in luxury hotels?
Would You Ever Questions
These are a more simple, straightforward version of the would you rather questions to get to know each other a little bit better!
The Questions
- Would you ever go skydiving?
- Would you ever go bungee jumping?
- Would you ever eat a live worm?
- Would you ever go to space?
- Would you ever live out of a camper van?
- Would you ever steal to save a loved one’s life?
- Would you ever go on a reality show?
- Would you ever ride a motorcycle?
- Would you ever quit your job to pursue a dream?
- Would you ever swim with sharks?
- Would you ever consider living in a different country for a year?
- Would you ever go on a trip without any technology?
- Would you ever take a silent retreat for a week?
- Would you ever join a local festival or tradition, even if it’s out of your comfort zone?
- Would you ever take a spontaneous detour based on a local’s recommendation, even if it wasn’t in our plans?
- Would you ever climb Mount Everest?
Preference Questions
Simply choose between one or the other to get to know each other’s preferences. These are the most simple questions for a card ride that you could ask!
The Questions
- Snow or sun?
- Sweet or savory breakfast?
- Pepsi or Coke?
- Backpacks or suitcases
- Mountains or ocean?
- Bacon or sausage?
- Christmas or Thanksgiving?
- Soft serve or scooped ice cream?
- Chocolate or gummy candies?
- Fruit loops or cinnamon toast crunch?
- Baths or showers?
- Scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, or fried eggs?
Getting To Know Each Other Road Trip Questions for Couples
You might think you know everything about each other but DO YOU? These are always fun questions for couples to help you do just that!
The Questions
- What’s your favorite color?
- What’s your favorite kind of donut?
- What’s a travel story from your childhood that you’ve never shared with me?
- What’s your favorite place to get away?
- What’s your favorite hobby?
- What’s your favorite sport?
- What’s a guilty pleasure you have?
- What book has inspired you the most?
- How many hours of sleep do you need each night to feel human?
- Do you like to eat smaller meals with more snacks or bigger meals with no snacks?
- Are you a morning or a night person?
- Are you a city or a Country person?
- If you could instantly master any dance style, which one would you pick?
- What household chores do you hate the most?
- You’re given the chance to compete in any game show, past or present. Which one do you choose?
- What are your favorite movies right now?
- What happened on your worst first date?
- Do you ever remember your dreams?
- Who is your current celebrity crush?
- Who was your celebrity crush when you were growing up?
- Have you ever broken the law?
- What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
- What era do you wish you lived in?
- What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done on a trip?
- If you had a genie with 3 wishes, what would your wishes be?
- If you could relive one year of your life, which one would it be and why?
- What would be your dream job?
- What is your strangest quirk or habit?
- What is one travel memory you have growing up?
- What was the first CD you ever bought?
- What was the very first thing you ever saved your own money up for?
- Do you have any scars and how did you get them?
- What is the most spontaneous thing that you have ever done?
- What was your best subject in school growing up?
Dreaming and Planning The Future Together Questions
These are designed to help you understand how each other sees the future and get on the same page with where you two are headed!
The Questions
- Where do you see us in 5 years?
- What is a goal you want to achieve in your life?
- What is a goal you want us to achieve together?
- Would you ever have kids?
- Do you ever want to start your own business or would you prefer to be an employee?
- If we did start a business together, what would it be about?
- How do you envision our retirement years? Where do you see us living and what would we be doing?
- What would your future dream house look like?
- What 3 features would this dream house have?
- If we ever had one year off in the future, how would you want to spend that year?
Random Questions For Couples
Who doesn’t love asking random questions on a road trip? Don’t waste your brainpower trying to think of fun or random things to ask each other because I got covered here! If you’re still reading this, your road trip must be long and you are gonna need this list fo-sho.
The Questions
- Is there anyone you secretly want to punch in the face?
- What’s one travel habit of mine that always makes you smile (or roll your eyes)
- What happened in your weirdest-ever dream?
- What is your most embarrassing moment?
- If you could have any fictional character as your road trip buddy, who would it be and why?
- If our car could magically transform into any vehicle, what would you want it to be?
- If you had to pick a theme song for our road trip, what would it be?
- Which fictional world or universe would you love to take a road trip in?
- If our road trip was turned into a movie, which actors would play us?
- If you had to eat only one color of food for a week, which color would you choose?
- What would you buy if you won a million dollars?
- Does your family have any interesting traditions?
- If you could ask a ghost one question, what would it be?
- What three things would you take if you were stranded on an island?
- Who is one person – dead or alive – that you wish you could meet?
- What is one event in history that you wish you were present at?
- Are there any conspiracy theories that you believe in?
- Who was your favorite Disney character growing up?
- If you could transform into any animal, which would it be?
- If animals could talk, which species do you think would be the most sarcastic?
- If you won a lifetime supply of the last thing that you bought, what would it be?
- If you could replace handshakes with any other gesture as a universal greeting, what would it be?
- You’ve been given a magic wand that can turn any object into your favorite food for a day. What’s the first thing you’d transform?
- Which historical figure would you want to spend a day with at a modern-day amusement park?
- If you could teleport to any place in the world right now, where would you go and why?
Road Trip Quizzes for Couples – How Well Do You Know Each Other?
Now that you’ve asked each other a million questions and answered them, it’s time to test your knowledge and see how well you know each other!
This section is designed for one person to ask the other person but guess their answer BEFORE the other tells them. It’s even better if each person writes down their answer before comparing, so there is no cheating. But, you should probably not write things when behind the wheel, you know? #Safety
The Questions
- What’s my go-to road trip snack?
- Which song do I always sing along to, no matter when it comes on?
- What’s one place I’ve always talked about wanting to visit?
- What’s one travel destination I’ve mentioned that’s on my bucket list?
- Which type of souvenir do I always look for when we visit a new place?
- What’s my favorite way to relax after a long day of traveling?
- How do I usually react when our travel plans don’t go as expected?
- Who are my 3 closest friends?
- Who is the first person I would call if I was in trouble?
- What is my favorite way to spend a day off?
- What is my go-to coffee order?
- What is my favorite breakfast?
- Am I closer to my Mom or my Dad?
- What word do I say all the time?
- Do I have any allergies?
- What is my favorite fast food joint?
- What is my favorite way to relax?
Enhance The Road Trip Experience With These Bonus Tips
Keep It Interesting…
Instead of JUST guessing each other’s answer first for the questions in the road trip quizzes for couples section, guess each other’s answer first for ALL the questions.
Bonus points: this is going to kill SO MUCH TIME. You’ll even feel like you have teleported to your destination! Maybe.
Best Apps To Make The Road Trip Fun
Your phone is smart (or so it leads you to believe) so put that phone to use and download a few apps to make asking these road trip questions for couples more fun. I recommend:
- Spotify – Remember to use my playlist above! We love playing Epic music when we drive through forests like in Pisgah National Park!
- Apple Podcasts – For when you’re sick of hearing each others’ voices with all these questions and need to hear someone else.
- Popcorn Trivia – Test your movie knowledge together!
- Jeopardy – test your knowledge of useless facts together
- Wordscapes – These crosswords and word puzzles may be harder to play together than asking road trip questions but are a great way to mix up your road trip games!
Expand Beyond These Questions
If you get through ALL of these questions (umm, gold star to you?) then you are likely on the world’s longest road trip and I don’t envy you.
But, in all seriousness, we love this Couples Connect game for when we truly run out of things to ask each other. It’s created by professionals and has tons of questions in different categories! It’s small and easy to pack too which makes it an excellent road trip game!
What Happens If There is a Disagreement on the Road?
The most important thing to remember when you are asking these road trip questions for couples is that this is a game of discovery not a game of debate. These questions are meant to be fun conversation starters that help you get to know each other and not start arguments.
However, here are 3 tips to help if disagreements do arise:
Avoid Defensiveness: If a response surprises or upsets you, try not to get defensive. Instead, ask open-ended questions to understand your partner’s perspective better.
Take Breaks: If a particular topic becomes too heated, it’s okay to take a break and revisit it later or decide to move on to a lighter question.
Use “I” Statements: Instead of saying “You always…” or “You never…”: express your feelings using “I” statements. For example, “I feel hurt when…” or “I would appreciate it if…”.
Wrap-up: Road Trip Questions for Couples
Are you on a super long, boring road trip and want to make it better? Now you have everything you need to make your road trip enjoyable from two pros who have spent A LOT of time in a car together!
Remember, these questions should spark conversation and help you connect! Don’t just answer each question and move on without talking further and exploring each other’s answers!
Now that you have some questions to ask each other while you travel, why not check out our guide on the best tips to travel as a couple?
So, how did we do? Did this list of road trip questions help make your trip more fun?
